Improvement in folding settees



llnited 51me @anni demis.

HENRY 'rMonSE or Arnon, MASSAOHUSETTS, ASSIcNoE 'To L. MORSE a SON, 0E SAME PLAGE.

Letters'Patent No. 111,371, dated January 31,1871.

IMPRQVEMENT \|N FOLDING SETTEES.

The Schedule referred 4to in these Letters Patent and making parl: of the lame.

, I, HENRY T.. MORSE, of Atbol, in the county of XVorcesteij and State of Massachusetts, have linvented certain new and useful Improvements in Settees for use in Vesti-ies of Churches and Public Halls, of which the following, taken in connection with the accompanying drawing, is a specification.

Nature and Objects of the Invention..

It isvery often desirable to remove the settees from a hall or vest-ry so as to have -an unobstructed door, and in many cases, owing to the large space which thesettees, as usuali-y colnstructed,c'cnpy, there is no convenient place to put them, whereas, if the settees were made so that they could be folded up so as to occupy less than one-half the space of those now in use, they could be convenientlyr packed away-in a small space. The same construction would very much facilitate 'and clieapen the transportation of the settees -from the manufactory tothe place where they are to be used.

To gain the advantages mentioned above is the object of my invention; and Y It consists in setting the front and rear legs, respectively, in cylindrical girders nearly as long as the seat in such a manner that each set of legs shall form a franie independent of the seat or other set-of` legs,

and securing said frames to the frontand rear edges of the under side of the seat in such a manner that they may both be folded up under the seat, the legs in either frame being so arranged that one set will fold within the other, so that both sets will occupy no =i`nore depth of space than one would.

It also consists in securing the baekgto the upper side of the seat in the same or a similar manner, so that it may -fold down fiat upon the seat, in combination with the above-described'arrangement of legs.

It also consists yin the combination with leg-frames and-a back secured to a seat in the manner above described, of suitable locking devices to secure them iu` place.

` *Descriptlmzof the Drawing.

Figure lis a front elevation of a setteeembodying my improvements;

Figure 2 is a transverse section on line x a: on fig. l Y

Figure 3 is aoplan of the under side of the settee when folded; and

Figure 4 is an end view of the same folded.

General Description.

A is the seat of the settee, made in the usual way, except that it has two concave groovesformed in its under side at a and l), into which tit the cylindrical stretcher-s B and C.

D D are the front legs, the upper ends of which are secured in the stretcher B and connected in pairs near their lower ends by the rungs c c.

- E E are the back legs, the upper ends of which are secured in the`stretcher (l, and connected near their lower ends by the rung d andthe long tie c.

The stretchers B and O are Secured to the under side of the" seat A by metallic straps' EF, partially' I surrounding the Stretohrs, and secured to the seat by screws, as shown, said straps being soformed as to present a stop, f f, to` limit the outward movement of 1 the leg-frame by coming in contact with theleg in a perfectly obvious manner.

' G G arestay-rods hinged to the tie .e on the rear legs, the other end of which is formed with a hook to embrace the front leg, and thus hold the legs in their proper position. Instead 'of the hook on the front end of the stayr'ods G G, 1 contemplate making the forward end of x said stay-rods straight, and securing to the back side of the -front leg a catch, into which the front end of the stay-rods latch.

H is the back,`secured to the vupper side, of the seat by ordinary hinges, as shown; or the lower rail of the back may be made round and be secured to the seat in the same manner as' the stretchers B and O.

I 'I are jointed braces, so arranged as to hold the back firmly in position when in use, while, at the same time, the center joint will admit of the back v being folded down upon the seat, as seen in iig. 4. The operation of my invention may be readily understood without further explanation;

Claims.

1. The combination and arrangement of the cylindrical stretchers B and G, the straps F F, 'and the seat -A,constrncted as described, whether said stretchers form a pai-tof theleg-f1ame or a part of the back'.

2. The concave grooves a and b, in combination with the stretehers B and C, substantially 'as described.

3. The combination and arrangement of the Seat A, the cylindrical stretchers Bl and C, with the legs D and E secured therein, the straps F F, the hinged 'back H, the jointed braces I I, and the stay-rods G G, all constructed substantially as herein described.

Executed at Athol this 12th day of December, 1870.

Witnesses: HENRY T. MORSE.

F. F. FAY, A. B. BROWN. 

